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Sip NW Magazine - Split Rail Winery

9/12/2016

Ever since owners Jed Glavin and Laura Hefner-Glavin first nursed it to health inside their garage,<a href="http://www.splitrailwines.com/" target="_blank" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Split Rail Winery has been splitting the industry status quo right down the middle. While Jed Glavin was working as an urban planner at an engineering company, the twosome found their winemaking side-gig growing closer to a full-blown venture as the community took notice. The turning point came when the Glavins shifted focus to experimenting with Idaho fruit.

Today, the Split Rail pair continues to source Snake River Valley grapes, and the team works magic on the haul at the label’s Garden City digs just outside of Boise. The trailblazing spirit that sparked the initial concept has since snowballed, making its way into each batch by the bottle (and <a href="https://sipnorthwest.com/cans-quench-summertime-wine-cravings/" target="_blank" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">can!).